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Scientists Shocked by Arctic Permafrost Thawing 70 Years Sooner Than Predicted

Scientists Shocked by Arctic Permafrost Thawing 70 Years Sooner Than Predicted

Weakened permafrost in Canadian Arctic a further sign that global climate crisis accelerating faster than scientists had feared.

'I'll Work on It over the Weekend': High Workload and Other Pressures Faced by Early-career Researchers

'I'll Work on It over the Weekend': High Workload and Other Pressures Faced by Early-career Researchers

Stress and long working hours are regrettably common among early-career researchers, reveals a survey by the group the Young Academy of Europe.

Academic Manifesto

Academic Manifesto

We are scientists from various disciplines and we will go on strike on 14 June 2019. Women* are systematically underrepresented to a great degree at Swiss higher education institutions. 

The U.S. Is Purging Chinese Cancer Researchers From Top Institutions

The U.S. Is Purging Chinese Cancer Researchers From Top Institutions

The NIH and the FBI are targeting ethnic Chinese scientists, including U.S. citizens, searching for a cancer cure. Here's the first account of what happened to Xifeng Wu.

Distributed Models for Open Access Publishing: Q&A with Martin Eve

Distributed Models for Open Access Publishing: Q&A with Martin Eve

The Open Library of Humanities has demonstrated a model for high-quality open access publishing, without Article Processing Charges. We asked Chief Executive Officer Martin Eve whether the Library could serve as inspiration for Learned Societies in a post-Plan S world.

Research England Awards £2.2m to Project to Improve and Increase Open Access Publishing

Research England Awards £2.2m to Project to Improve and Increase Open Access Publishing

A new Research England funded project is set to help universities, researchers, libraries and publishers to make more, and better, use of open access book publishing.

Peer Review is Not Just Quality Control, It is Part of the Social Infrastructure of Research

Peer Review is Not Just Quality Control, It is Part of the Social Infrastructure of Research

The purpose of peer review is often portrayed as being a simple ‘objective’ test of the soundness or quality of a research paper. However, it also performs other functions primarily through linking and developing relationships between networks of researchers. 

How Gold Open Access May Make Things Worse

How Gold Open Access May Make Things Worse

The article processing charge (APC)-based version of ‘gold’ OA could be a looming threat that may deteriorate the situation even beyond the abysmal state scholarly publishing is already in right now.

Credit Data Generators for Data Reuse

Credit Data Generators for Data Reuse

To promote effective sharing, we must create an enduring link between the people who generate data and its future uses, urge Heather H. Pierce and colleagues.

The Gold Rush: Why Open Access Will Boost Publisher Profits

The Gold Rush: Why Open Access Will Boost Publisher Profits

Whilst a shift to gold (pay to publish) open access would deliver wider access to research, the lack of price sensitivity amongst academics presents a risk that they will be locked into a new escalating  pay to publish system.

Reproducibility Trial Publishes Two Conclusions for One Paper

Reproducibility Trial Publishes Two Conclusions for One Paper

The British Journal of Anaesthesia's unusual experiment is designed to broaden replicability efforts beyond just methods and results.

COAlition S Appoints Jisc Expert to Accelerate Open Access

COAlition S Appoints Jisc Expert to Accelerate Open Access

Neil Jacobs, Head of Open Science and research lifecycle at UK not-for-profit, Jisc, has been appointed as interim programme manager for cOAlition S.

PRESS RELEASE: Researchers Respond to Revised Guidance for Plan S

PRESS RELEASE: Researchers Respond to Revised Guidance for Plan S

The European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers (Eurodoc), the Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA), and the Young Academy of Europe (YAE) jointly welcome the revised implementation guidance for Plan S.

Theme of 2019 International Open Access Week To Be "Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge"

Theme of 2019 International Open Access Week To Be "Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge"

As the transition to a system for sharing knowledge that is open by default accelerates, the question “open for whom?” is essential—both to consider and to act upon.

Negotiating with Scholarly Journal Publishers: A Toolkit

Negotiating with Scholarly Journal Publishers: A Toolkit

A North American framework for creating transformative change in the scholarly publishing industry based on initial insights from the University of California's 2018-19 negotiations with Elsevier.